SC Turns Down Urgent Mention of Plea for FIR

Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna on Wednesday refused an urgent mentioning of a petition seeking the registration of a first information report (FIR) and an investigation into the discovery of cash at the official residence of Delhi high court judge Yashwant Varma.

- Utkarsh Anand

NEW DELHI:

Advocate Mathews J Nedumpara, who filed the plea, sought an expedited listing, but CJI Khanna declined to entertain the oral request, directing him to follow the standard procedure and submit an email outlining the urgency of the case.

A co-petitioner in the case, advocate Hemali Suresh Kurne, appearing in person, alleged that the law enforcement agencies would have gone after the person concerned had it not been for the position of a judge.